Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's triple jump explained

The men's triple jump event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 10 and 11 September 1979.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Willie Banks	Jaak Uudmäe	Roberto Mazzucato

Results

Qualification

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Qualification mark: 16.00 m

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	B			16.99	Q
2	A			16.81	Q
3	B			16.27	Q
4	A			16.25	Q[4]
4	B			16.25	Q
6	A			16.23	Q
6	B			16.23	Q
8	A			16.22	Q
9	A			16.15	Q[5]
10	B			16.14	Q
11	B			16.11	Q
11	B			16.11	Q
13	B			16.03	Q
14	B			15.79
15	B			15.78
16	B			15.02

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
								17.23	17.23
									17.20
			16.52	16.75	16.66	16.87	16.68	16.29	16.87	[8]
			13.35	16.14	14.11	16.30	16.31	16.71w	16.71w	[9]
									16.57
									16.37
									16.22
									16.18
									15.98	[10]
10									15.94
11									15.90
12									15.72
13									15.56

Notes and References

1. Holzbach . Gerd . Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico . Leichtathletik . 25 September 1979 . 39/1979 . 1240–1245 . Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico . Bartels & Wernitz . German . 0343-5369.
2. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1979&CID=12981106 Results at Tilastopaja
3. http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Athletics-Annual-1980.pdf Year list
4. News: Oggi la finale dei 200 metri . . 12 September 1979 . 17 . Italian.
5. News: En 200 para Mennea; 400 para Hornillos; 110 para Moracho . . 12 September 1979 . 34 . Spanish.
6. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 12 September 1979 . 22.
7. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 12 September 1979 . 49.
8. News: Tre medaglie sotto il diluvio . . 13 September 1979 . 21 . Italian.
9. https://www.rfea.es/ranking/altt/alltimeESP_2017.pdf Spanish top list
10. http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959–-2011-gg.-... Soviet results